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Alcohol and Health

How the Industry Should Respond to Misleading Attacks

We think it is long past time for the bev/al industry to stop being the punching bag for anti-alcohol zealots masquerading as "public health" advocates. It's happening again, Tom Wark notes over on his Fermentation blog. New York City's Health Department has

Maybe WHO Is Blaming the Wrong Factor for Cancer

The antialcohol extremists at the World Health Organization and their comrades around the world are busy calling for a virtual elimination of alcohol beverage consumption through higher taxes, restricted availability and social scorning. But maybe they should be directing their concerns to a more fundamental concern: A worldwide decline in

Moderate Wine Consumption in Men Linked to Slower Biological Aging

Men who consumed about 1.5 to 2 classes of red wine with a traditional Mediterranean Diet were about 0.4years biologically younger than non-drinkers. That's the conclusion of a new study just reported in the International Journal of Public Health. Men who drank excessively had worse

Now, Even 1 Drink of Soda May Be Linked to Serious Liver Risk

For anyone who did Dry January or Dry October on the theory that drinking soda instead of beer, wine or spirits is healthier, we've got news: A just-published study in the Annals of Hepatology says that just soda a day could be linked to higher rates of

Royal Navy Orders 2 Alc Free Days a Week on Ship

The UK's Royal Navy has issued new rules requiring two alcohol-free days per week on ships and limiting shipboard alcohol consumption to not more than three units of alcohol per day. Ships will also now sell zero and no alcohol drinks to encourage responsible drinking. The new

Note to Trump's Vaccine Head: Alcoholism and Polio Aren't the Same

The head of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, is equating polio, measles and similar transmittable diseases with alcoholism. Dr. Kirk Milhoan, chair of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), and a pediatric cardiologist, said on the podcast "Why Should I Trust You" that

U.S. Withdraws from WHO

The United States’ completed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and the U.S. Department of State said. The agencies said the withdrawal wasn't because of WHO's anti-alcohol propaganda but because of the organization'